Injured by a Falling Tree after strong winds struck the south of england. Emergency services were called to Ubbeston In Suffolk on Friday Evening where police say the two, who are in their 20s, were at an outdoor party. It comes after Storm Evert Lead to gusts of winds nearing 70mph across cornwall in south west england, prompting a number of rescues. The England Cricketer Ben stokes has been praised after it was announced hes taking an indefinite break from the sport with immediate effect. He has withdrawn from Englands Squad for the five Test Series against india. In a tweet, the england and wales Cricket Board said he had shown tremendous courage to open up about his feelings and wellbeing. Campaigners say more than 100 former interpeters seeking relocation to the uk after helping British Forces in afghanistan have had their applications rejected. It comes as the first group of afghan interpreters who served with us forces landed in the united states yesterday. Some applicants to en
Hello. What a summer of sport this is. Sport is all over tv, and coverage of Sports Events is what we are focusing on today. The olympics is on, weve just had the euros, and theres a new Cricket Competition called the hundred on primetime bbc, as well as sky. But in this age of infinite choice, live sport has to compete to hold our attention. Does Sport Need to be more attractive than an hour of fortnite or netflix, or tiktok . And has the amount of Money Tv companies are prepared to pay for sport fallen during the pandemic . Well, these are some of the questions that my all Star Panel of Sporting Supremos will answer today and between them, they are reaching hundreds of millions of viewers. They are andrew georgiou, president of sport at Discovery, and he joins us from tokyo, where Discovery are covering the olympics. Minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and Sanjay Patel is directing manager of the hundred for england and wales cricket board. Sanjay, the hundred has got match
Be checking the daily forecast. These symbols will be changing periodically during the day. That is what they are designed to do. Let me explain. Here is the model, the forecast, for the showers tomorrow, the showers could be plotted in one Weather Model Update and a few hours later plotted 20 miles away and that will be reflected, so lots of changeable weather on the way. The overall envelope of where we think the showers will be will remain the same but local details can be very difficult to forecast stop there will be lots of showers around, slow moving, delivering a lot of rainfall to a small area in a short space of time. We have seen Flash Flooding in the last couple of weeks in places. 0n the last couple of weeks in places. On wednesday, the low pressure is further north. This is where the calm weather is, to the south you can see the white arrows, more of a breeze, so the showers that all the middle of the Week Move swiftly along across southern parts but may hang around, may b
The best scenario, the best realistic scenario is one where the taliban offensive is held back. Singer Kt Tunstall postpones her tour over concerns she could become completely deaf. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Turning to the olympics now and weve reached the middle weekend of the games. Theres 21 Gold Medal events up for grabs on Super Saturday. Heres the Medal Table as it stands at the moment. China is on top with 20 Gold Medals, followed by Host Nation Japan with 17. Theres 21 Gold Medal events up for grabs on Super Saturday. Heres the Medal Table as it stands at the moment. Lets find out more about Todays Action from Mike Bushell at Bbc Sports centre1. Mike, its really been a golden saturday in the pool for Team Gb. Yes, indeed, in more ways than one, which i will explain in a moment. It is the best olympics for Team Gb in over a century, this is after they won the inaugural mixed four by 100 metre medley relay, with the World Record time. Kathleen dawson, Adam Peaty, james Guy A
A survey by the Roadside Assistance Company rac has found seven in ten british motorists believe the Speed Limit should be lower in wet weather. Currently the Speed Limit is 70mph on motorways at all times. But with nearly 250 people killed on the countrys roads during bad weather, many feel there should be greater efforts to force motorists to slow down. Around 800 people every year are killed or seriously injured on the uks motorways and sadly that number has not been dropping in recent years, it has stayed stubbornly high. If you add in speed and wet weather, is extremely dangerous and a lot of people are being killed and seriously injured every year so perhaps it is time we looked at novel ways of trying to tackle it. At the rac we asked drivers on their thoughts on reducing Speed Limits. We have the infrastructure in the uk increasingly to support a move like this and perhaps it is time we looked at these measures to bring those Casualty Rates which are stubbornly high finally dow